thou teach us?" Such are the resolution and patience of a soul, which is enlightened by the grace of God. Examine how you may imitate this man.
II. That man was immediately driven out of the synagogue, for speaking so well of Christ. Learn to suffer willingly in a good cause, for " all who will live piously in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution." (2 Tim. iii. 12.) Christ did not abandon this man, whom the Pharisees had rejected, but went to see him and revealed His divinity to him, " and the man, falling down, adored Him." (John ix. 38.) Often excite yourself to similar acts of faith, and adore your God, in an humble posture.
III. Christ reproved the pride of the Pharisees, who. were nevertheless wise and quick-sighted in their own opinions. " For judgment," He says, "I am come into this world, that they who see not may see, and they who see may become blind." (John ix. 39.) The poor and simple are to become acquainted with the truth, but the proud and the wise ones of this world will be struck blind at the greatness of Christ's splendor. Hence the author of the Proverbs advises us, " Be not wise in thine own conceits" (Pro. iii. 7), lest becoming blind, thou run headlong into perdition.
WEDNESDAY.
The Blind Man of Jericho.
I. " It came to pass, that when Jesus drew nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man, sat by the way-side begging." (Luke xviii. 35.) This blind man is a perfect type of every sinner. For in the first place, a sinner sits in darkness and finds rest and satisfaction in his
